"Remixing the Past"

Marilli was the first full-length album that I self-released as a 33 1/3 rpm
vinyl LP. It dates back to the very first time I began to experiment in a studio.
I was like a kid entering a toy shop, totally excited and, of course, I got
hooked forever. Anyway, Marilli consists of quite simplistic and somewhat
hilarious recordings. It was recorded on 8-track tape in three studios across
Amsterdam: Hero Wouters, WHG and SPN.

The sounds include balafon, kalimba, a Korg MS-20, voices, bird calls, tape,
keyboards, percussion, and a Mexican turtle flute, plus contributions from
musician friends on bass, cello, drums, steelpan and guitar.
There was no sampler used, but I "borrowed" some voices from other
records. The sounds on Marilli were nice and organic, but my
"composing" process was not. The overall effect is extremely naive,
an act of musical global tourism perhaps best compared to "Tintin en
l'Afrique," or the "piña colada Jungle Book version of My Life in the
Bush of Ghosts." Quite embarrassing, really. Anyway, you can't change the
past. This is simply how and where I started.

Nevertheless, what happened was that to my great surprise several labels asked
me, quite suddenly, in 2015 if they could re-release Marilli.
There was even a little article about it on the Resident Advisor website: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2530

I certainly don't want to re-release it. However, Hanyo and Koos made a
beautiful remix of track A1 that more or less launched the idea for starting
this remix collection. So, instead of thinking about a re-release of the
original, I thought it could be interesting to ask some friends for their
vision and then remix it. This was also inspired by the way the Disquiet Junto
music project series works. I had just one copy left of Marilli, and Radboud
Mens ripped, de-noised, and de-crackled it into WAV files. I feel quite honored
and grateful for the immediate response, as 20 talented artists came up with
these really amazing works to transform the album into a more minimalist 2015
version. I asked them to skip the voices in their remixes, and to only use
sounds from the record itself. We started with the order of songs from the
original album, and then more versions followed.

Actually, I suppose you can change the past, because although I am not so fond
of the original, I am now very fond of this remixed version. What a great
solution. Much thanks to the participants for their creative reworks.
I also like to thank all the wonderful musicians who contributed to the
original album, and whose sounds are now re-emerging here in a totally new way:

Lesley Joseph - steelpan
Piet Lichtveld - guitar
Cecil Wespel - bass
Willem Melker - drums & guitar
Paul Newsum (R.I.P.) - guitar & percussion
Niek Stafleu - cello
Martijn Veldhoen - percussion
Atti Bauw - guitar

Original info on Marilli on discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/Michel-Banabila-Marilli/release/2057842

A special thanks to Eduard Vingerhoets and Richard Johnson.

REMIXERS:

Andres Jankowski [1605munro]

Andrew Lagowski
http://lagowski.com

Arno Peeters
http://www.tapetv.nl

Bogumil Misala [IP]
https://soundcloud.com/ip-identity-problem

Core Shift [Mike Kramer]
https://soundcloud.com/coreshifter

Hanyo van Oosterom
https://numoonlabrecordings.bandcamp.com

Hero Wouters
http://www.herowouters.nl

Jos Smolders
http://earlabs.org

Koos Derwort
https://bam-boo.bandcamp.com

Machinefabriek
http://www.machinefabriek.nu

Marc Weidenbaum
http://disquiet.com

Martin Hoogeboom
https://soundcloud.com/martin-hoogeboom

Naoyuki Sasanami [Naotko]
https://soundcloud.com/naotko

Peter van Cooten
http://www.ambientblog.net

QST [Frans de Waard
http://fransdewaard.com

Radboud Mens
http://www.radboudmens.com

Roel Meelkop
http://r0m.nl

Theo Calis
http://www.discogs.com/artist/1266654-Theo-Calis

Wouter Veldhuis
https://organic-industries.bandcamp.com

Lukasz Szalankiewicz [Zenial]
http://zenial.pl

Photos equipment & workspace, screenshots arrange windows:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskq8KpQt


Compiled by Michel Banabila.
http://www.banabila.com

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews